"I do see a role for the federal government there."
"It takes the federal government to play a disruptive role to allow for choice and innovation."
"Certainly I would have interest, and if there are any of my colleagues across the aisle that would, in a federal pilot program to support teachers and supplement salaries in STEM fields, particularly ..."
"And I think for too long decisions have been made based on, you know, who has the slickest marketing, or what was trendy at the time."
"I look forward to soon introducing the Great Teachers Leading for Great Schools Act, which will revamp Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to focus on intensive job-embedded profess..."
"At a time when college degrees are increasing in importance, we need to make sure that students have more information about their options and an easier way to repay their loans when they have complete..."
"That is why I have introduced the ExCEL Act, along with Congressman Petri, who asked a few questions earlier."
"It would seem to me that it is confusing for businesses that after the President administratively delayed the employer mandate, Congress is taking up legislation that authorizes the President to do wh..."
"It would seem to me that it is reasonable to believe that 42 percent of the American public believe Obamacare is not in force."
"If Ms. Turner is concerned about the 'confusion,' that businesses and individuals have about Obamacare, don't you feel that this Republican strategy of repeatedly repealing all our parts of Obamacare ..."
"That is why Congress passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010, provided better funding and healthier standards for school lunches."
"Unfortunately, the previous Congress short-circuited these efforts when it blocked the USDA proposed rules to put the new standards into effect."